TABLE OF CONTENTS Is Jesus the Only Way to God? Page 3-6 By Rick Rood How Can We Know the Bible Is the Word of God? Page 7-10 By Norman L. Geisler Inspiration, Inerrancy and Authority of the Bible Page 11-13 By Ron Rhodes Works Cited Page 14 ...

The consensus among many historians has been that the transition from paganism to Christianity in the Mediterranean world was effortlessly accomplished by the end of the fourth century. In Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries, Ramsay MacMullen sets out to disprove the consens...

THE SERVANT OF CHRIST "For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ" (Gal. 1:10). Does The Preacher Please Men Or God? With sarcasm Paul asks in Galatians 1:10: "Am I trying to persuade God to fall in li...

What does Donne tell the reader about his religion and attitude to the two established Churches in his sonnets? Refer to Sonnet 18 and at least one other poem in your answer. John Donne was born into a prosperous Roman Catholic family during the reign of Elizabeth I, when England was anti-Cathol...

Going to school Monday thru Friday and having fun with your friends on the weekend is something every teenager does, but it can be a troubling situation when you are a Christian? Most teenagers find it very difficult to be accepted by their peers once they find out that they attend church. I feel...

Going to school Monday thru Friday and having fun with your friends on the weekend is something every teenager does, but it can be a troubling situation when you are a Christian? Most teenagers find it very difficult to be accepted by their peers once they find out that they attend church. I feel...

Back in the day when someone mentioned the word Christian the first image that popped up in my mind reflected a "Perfect person," almost "Angelic like." Since I have grown up I have come to realize no such person exists, though some few do come close. A true Christian in my opi...

Bible 301 Our English word Bible comes from the Greek word Biblos, which means "book." In theology a study of the Bible is called bibliology. While the word Bible simply means "book" the words "The Bible" distinguish it as the supreme, unique and incomparable Holy Bib...

I believe New Testament writers considered Gnosticisim (knowledge) a dangerous trap for believers because, during that time and era many of the Christians or those who wanted to become Christians knew not whom to follow. As in the scripture (1 Jn 4: 1) "Dear friends, do not believe every spiri...

Have you ever thought that there was no place to turn or that there was no one was there for you when you needed him or her to talk to? I did once in my life, but then I found Jesus Christ and decided that I could make it through life without the help of friends or a boyfriend. With Jesus in my lif...

There are no absolutes, no clear-cut black and white answers, no accurate gauge for justice - right and wrong - no real way to a world beyond physical death. This is the thinking of our age, an age of confusion. People hunger for answers but find only more questions. Christians are unsure of their...

My Scar "Mommy, I've killed God." You wanted a scar; there it is, plain as day (no two-level, deep meanings attached). My scar isn't external, nor, do I suppose, is it internal. Heck, I don't know what it is but all my life I know it's been my scar, my burden. I have a problem with Christia...

Knowing God A healthy, vibrant, growing and happy Christian life requires a regular routine of communion with God through prayer, study His Word, and in Christian service to mankind. Like eating, sleeping, and exercising, it demands daily attention. And like our bodies, our spiritual life q...

Authoritarianism is defined as a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator. However society sometimes views authoritarianism as misused authority. Valid authority is aligned upon a necessary purpose. Misused authority involves reality control and domination. Metaphorically, it is...

For almost all of us, the hardest part of coming out isn't realizing that we are lesbians, bisexuals or gays. It's not telling our parents or our friends. It's not worrying about what the neighbors will think. No, for most of us, the hardest part of coming out is dealing with the prejudices we've be...

Ever since I could remember, my faith and religion have been an integral part of my life. My religion provides me with a moral compass, through which I judge the ethics of an action or behavior. Coming from a religious family, Pentecostalism has always been a cornerstone of my relationship with my...

#Jeremy Bullard General Epistles 10/10/01 Hebrews Application God will chastise us, yet this is not a loss of salvation. Lots of people like to interpret Hebrews as God takes away our salvation and we must earn it back. The true interpretation is that God will chastise us when we are...

Uttar Tandon glanced up from his corn field outside Sr nagar to gaze at the midday sun. It was a hot day, and Tandon could hear the sound of gunfire in the hills to the north. For the last week or so the Pakistani geurillas had been harassing Indian positions near the city. Although the media w...

Francis Bellamy (1855-1913), a Boston Baptist, Minister, penned the original Pledge in 1892. Dismissed from the pulpit because of his socialist sermons, Bellamy assumed the position of Chairman of a committee of state superintendents of education where he prepared the program for the public schools&...

In search of the truth, I found life. Researching this book has opened my eyes and my mind to understanding my faith. Through eyewitnesses and Biblical accounts, historical facts and archaeological findings, we can develop knowledge of our faith through substantial evidence. The historicity and...

Heaven Heaven, a place that I believe that takes you from your dead body and saves a place for your deserving soul. The other alternative is Heaven not accepting a broken soul, one who did not accept Jesus Christ into their lives before they died. I have been a Christian ever since I was o...

Queen Elizabeth came into power of England during a somewhat transitional period. Many watched her carefully to see what she would do. Elizabeth was patient and savvy. She used good political strategy to accomplish her goals, and maintain order in England. She maintained a cool and patient head whe...

This just in: There has been a bombing downtown today. . The blast killed 167 men, women, and children and injured 853 others . Nineteen children, many in a second floor daycare center, died in the Building's collapse Thirty children were orphaned. A total of 219 children lost a parent The forc...

Dogging Dogma "It's not what you have faith in, it's just that you have faith," says Serendipity, a character in the movie Dogma. The film is about two angels, Loki and Bartleby, who have been kicked out of heaven and sentenced to live for the rest of eternity in Wisconsin. So...

Religion and Its Effect on Stephen Dedalus Religion is an important and recurring theme in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Through his experiences with religion, Stephen Dedalus both matures and progressively becomes more individualistic as he grows. Though reared in a Ca...